posted on June 21, 2007 04:32:28 PM new
You demo's got what you asked for, now look at the results.
Poll: Americans Give Democratic Congress All-Time Low Rating
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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WASHINGTON — Democrats pledged to take Congress in a new direction when it won control in November 2006, but less than six months after taking the reins, Americans aren't pleased with the results, giving lawmakers an all-time low public confidence rating.
In a Gallup poll released Thursday, only 14 percent of Americans have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Congress, a Gallup poll reports.
The poll shows an all-time lowest confidence rating and one of the lowest ratings for any institution in 30 years. The lowest confidence rating for Congress was 18 percent during 1991 to 1994. In 1994, the House switched from a Democratic to Republican majority after 40 years of one-party rule.
In the latest poll, the Supreme Court also received an all-time low rating of 34 percent while confidence has been at or above 50 percent over the last few decades.
Americans rank the most confidence in the military, with the least confidence in HMOs and Congress, when asked about 16 societal institutions.
The poll, conducted June 11-14, interviewed 1,007 national adults over the age of 18. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The poll gave the National Republican Senatorial Committee plenty of fodder to complain about congressional Democrats. The NRSC issued a statement saying the poll shows Americans don't like the job Democrats are doing.
"In six months, Democrat congressional leadership has managed to bring it all back to where they began — at the lowest congressional confidence levels in Gallup's history — at least we know Democrats can be successful at something," NRSC spokeswoman Rebecca Fisher said in a statement.
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posted on June 21, 2007 04:52:56 PM new
I'm not surprised.
They made all those promises and so far have done little to make them happen.
Especially the war....those who voted for them aren't dumb....as they THINK they are....lol.
They KNOW they could have ended the war on January 1, 2007 and here we are six+ months later and they're still 'promising' they're going to do something - BUT only if again they put a dem/lib in the WH.
American's have every right to be upset....they're accomplishing little, spending MORE funds they ran against the republicans spending...and they're giving themselves MORE BENEFITS/pork and they have their own problems with corruption...and they THINK the voters don't see all that. LOL LOL LOL
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posted on June 21, 2007 10:41:40 PM new
That poll does not disaggregate data or discriminate on the basis of party. Americans aren't just dissatisfied with the Democrats in Congress. They're dissatisfied with the whole bunch of them. Republicans too.
posted on June 22, 2007 05:31:50 AM new
lol [profe.
sure...the liberals only claim the congress is republican when they complain about 'the buck stops there'....but NEVER when it's the dems/liberals that are in control/in power.
lol
that old double standard sure changes with who has the power/control. LOL LOL LOL
posted on June 22, 2007 07:29:46 AM new
PRINCETON, NJ -- The honeymoon phase is over for the new Congress, as the public's ratings of Congress are down again this month. The latest congressional job approval rating (24%) is the lowest for the institution since Democrats took control of both houses in January, and is far below the 37% registered in February. The decline has been most evident among Democrats, whose ratings of Congress now match those of Republicans. Congressional job approval ratings are typically not positive, but ratings as low as the current one are uncommon. The poll also finds that only about one in four Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in this country, little changed since last month but still at its lowest point in over a decade.
Congressional Job Approval
According to the June 11-14, 2007, survey, 24% of Americans approve and 71% disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job. Congressional approval is down five points since last month and more than 10 points from the higher support levels in January and February following the Democratic takeover. The current 24% rating is similar to the poor ratings Congress received last year, with Americans essentially voting to take control of Congress away from the Republicans in November
It is unusual for congressional job approval ratings to be at or below 24%. Congress has been rated this negatively only a few times in the four decades Gallup has measured this item -- in 1979, during the energy crisis; at several points during the "term limits era" of 1990 to 1994; and last year.
Republicans and Democrats vary little in their overall approval of Congress, with 29% of Democrats and 24% of Republicans saying they approve of the job Congress is doing. Independents' approval is at 19%.
Before the Democratic takeover earlier this year, congressional job approval ratings were much higher among Republicans than among independents or Democrats. After the Democrats assumed power, rank-and-file Democrats became more likely than independents or Republicans to approve of Congress. Democrats' ratings have gradually declined in the past few months, falling from 43% in April to 37% in May and to 29% this month. At the same time, Republicans' ratings have held fairly stable, in the mid-20% range. Independents' ratings have also declined over this period of time.
It's likely that displeasure with Congress is part of a more general frustration with conditions in the United States that is also evident in ratings of George W. Bush and the economy. Overall, only 24% of Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country at the present time, while 74% are dissatisfied. Americans' satisfaction with the state of the nation shows little change since last month, but is still lower than at any other point this year. In fact, satisfaction has not been 24% since January 1996, and has not been below that mark since 1992. It has been below the 30% mark only six times since 1996.
Republicans are more likely than Democrats or independents to say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country at this time, a pattern tied to the fact that the sitting president is a Republican. Forty-six percent of Republicans say they are satisfied, compared with 21% of independents and only 11% of Democrats. Republicans have consistently expressed a higher level of satisfaction than independents or Democrats this year. But even Republicans' satisfaction has been lower in recent months, dropping below the 50% mark in each of the past four months.
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